Hello Everyone
I have a five-year-old boy who is weirdly good at Lego.
Please don’t get me wrong, I am not about to say he is a child genius or anything like that. He is pretty average at school as far as I can tell and he can’t play sport or ride his bike to save his life, so I am not trying to be boastful!
But he can do the most amazing things with Lego. He can make any set on his own, even technics ones for adults.
But more interestingly is that he can make incredible things with no help at all. Like bridges and working mechanisms using cogs and motors and things that he has made up himself.
Anyway, I’m keen to know how I can support him with this interest (he is my first child and I am clueless).
I have seen on the news things like robotics tournaments using Lego that go on around the world. How do you get started with that kind of thing?
I have googled ‘STEM’ but everything I can find is aimed at teachers considering doing classes in school. His school doesn’t them currently. They also seem to all be for 8 year olds and over as well.
I just really want to cherish his interest in this and make him realise how good he is.
I had a passion when I was younger but my parents showed no interest in it and I still wonder now whether I could have made something of it.
Or perhaps I should just leave him alone to enjoy himself with his favourite toy (I'm not generally a pushy mum - promise!).
I hope this all makes sense and thank you in advance.